Dustpan



June 17, 1952 w. STRUMBOS 2,601,069

DUSTPAN Filed March 1, 1951 .INVENTOR.

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Patented June 17, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DUSTPAN WilliamStrumbos, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 1, 1951, Serial No. 213,361

My invention pertains to a combination of a dust pan and a door, thedust pan being mounted thereon and being ordinarily out of sight.Specifically, the dust pan is to be mounted on a kitchen door or on thedoor of a closet and is adapted to be swung down against the floor foroperative use. The nature of the invention and the manner of its usewill be understood fully in View of my description oithe pan in itscombination with a door in the light of the enclosed drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the lower part of a swinging door withthe dust pan mounted thereon;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same dust pan as mounted on a door,the pan being shown in its open position;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevational view of the lower part of thedust pan, the view disclosing elements to keep the pan in a normallyclosed position;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a component ele ment of my dust an.

Similar numerals refer throughout the several views.

The dust pan of my invention comprises really a number of elements,included among which is a dust container, a bracket to support the same,and a hinged dust pan proper. The bracket, best shown in Fig. 5,includes a flat plate In having at each end a verticaldownwardly-extending leg each leg terminating with an upwardlyturned lugI2. Two triangular flanges l3, each extending from the leg at rightangle to the plate I0 forwardly therefrom, are each provided with a holeM, the holes serving as bearings for a pivotal support of the panproper, generally indicated by numeral [5. Both plate ill and legs areprovided with holes It for application of screws H whereby the plate maybe affixed to one side of a door l8. Forming a part of the lower edge ofplate l3 is a lip l9 extending between said legs I Supported by lugs l2and resting thereon is a removable container, generally indicated bynumeral 23. The container includes a rear wall 2|, a front wall 22, twoside walls 23, and a bottom 23a. The top edge 24 of the rear wall 2| ofsaid container fits normally under the lip IQ of plate It. The end walls23 are in abutment with flanges l3, the container being disposedtherebetween, as best shown in Fig. 2. Being open at the top, thecontainer is normally covered by the pan proper l5. This, as disclosedin Figs. 2 and to similar parts 4 Claims. (01. 65-20) 3, is made in theform of a scoop including a front part 25 adapted to lie horizontallyupon a how andtwo side walls 23, each of the side walls having the .formof a rhomboid. The front end'of the scoop is turned back upon itself,this resulting in they formation of a slight incline 21. The rearportion 230i the scoop is set at an angle to portion 25 and supportsarbafile 280:, which, as shown in Fig. 3, lies substantially vertically.from the interior. of the scoop when the. latter is in its openposition, as shown in Fig. 3.

One side wall 26 of the pan proper is provided at its corner remote fromthe incline 21 with an inwardly extending stub pin 23, which is shown indotted lines in Fig. 3. A corresponding pin within the other side Wall26 is marked 30. A spring 3|, one end of which affixed to flange l3 at32, is coiled about one end of pin 30 and is ainxed at its opposite endto side wall 23 of pan |5 at 33, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. As a meansfor swinging the scoop l5 down to its open position against the tensionof spring 3|, I am using two links 34 and 35, respectively, the firstbeing mounted on flange l3 at 36, the other being mounted at 31 on aside wall 23 of the scoop, and both being pivotally joined to each otherat 38, as shown in Fig. 4. A pedal 39, pivotally mounted on link 34 at43, serves as a means for bringing the pan l5, by means of foot pressureon pedal 43, from its closed position, as shown in Fig. 1, to its openposition, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The manner in which the dust pan may be used is quite obvious.Ordinarily the scoop I5 is in its inverted position so that it coverscontainer 20 from the top. When pedal 39 is pressed down, the scoop isswung downwardly by means of links 34 and 35 to a horizontal position sothat its outer portion 25 will lie on the floor under the door. Whilesaid scoop is in said position dust may be swept into the scoop tooccupy the space between the incline 21 and the battle 28a within saidscoop. 0n release of the pedal the scoop will swing back to its invertedposition. Any dust swept into the scoop will be discharged therefrominto container 23. From time to time the container, which rests on lugsl2 and is retained in place by means of lip l9, may be removed andemptied.

It will be understood that some changes may be made in the structure ofmy device without deviating from the inventive principle disclosedherein.

What I, therefore, wish to claim is as follows:

1. In combination with a hinged house door, a

dust pan of the kind described, said dust pan meluding a bracket on oneside of the door along its lower portion, a dust container open at thetop and suspended by the bracket, a scoop hinged to the bracket, springmeans to hold the scoop in a position to cover the container from thetop, and pedal means to swing the scoop against the tension of thespring means downwardly to cause it to lie on the floor below said door.

2. In combination with a door, a bracket on one side of said door at thelower portion thereof, the bracket having a flange at each end at rightangles to the plane of the door, a dust container disposed between theflanges and open at the top, a scoop pivotally connected to saidflanges, the scoop normally covering the container from the top, springmeans to keep the scoop in said container-covering position, and pedalmeans connected by intermediate means to said scoop to bring it downagainst the tension of the spring to a substantially horizontal positionto lie on a floor.

3. In combination with a door, a bracket mounted thereon, the bracketincluding an outwardly-extending flange at each end thereof, a removabledust container between the flanges, the container being open at the top,a scoop pivotally connected to said flanges and including a flat memberadapted to be lowered to a horizontal position, spring means to keep theflat container, and pedal means connected by intermediate means to saidscoop to cause it to lie on a floor.

4. In combination with a door, a bracket on the lower portion of oneside thereof, the bracket including an oblong plate having a flange ateach end, the flanges extending at right angles thereto. said platehaving also outwardly-extending lugs along its lower edge and ahorizontal outwardlyextending lip substantially midway its height, adust container resting on said lugs, the dust container being open atthe top and having a rear wall engaged by said lip, a scoop pivotallyconnected to said flanges, the scoop normally covering the containerfrom the top, spring means to keep the scoop in said container-coveringposition, and pedal means connected by intermediate means to said scoopto bring it down against the tension of the spring to a substantiallyhorizontal position to lie on a floor.

WILLIAM STRUMBOS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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